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• ‘Access to Literacy’ Is Not a Constitutional Right, Judge in Detroit Rules by JACEY FORTIN Jul 4, 2018
  Students in failing schools said they were denied an adequate education. A judge agreed conditions were “devastating,” but not unconstitutional.
• Beijing Dispatch: Mao 101: Inside a Chinese Classroom Training the Communists of Tomorrow by JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Jul 1, 2018
  Ideological classes have long been a part of the college curriculum in China. But they are more important than ever to the Communist Party, even if many students say they are numbing propaganda.
• 1 Neighborhood. 24 Kindergarten Classes. 40 Languages. (Some Miming Helps.) by CATHERINE PORTER Jun 29, 2018
  There are so many children in one Toronto neighborhood that the school board built an entire school just for kindergartners — 24 classes.
• Kids Don’t Just See Art at This Show. They Work With the Artists, Too. by LAUREL GRAEBER Jun 28, 2018
  The Children’s Museum of Manhattan has opened “Art, Artists & You,” an exhibition that gives four adult artists residencies and opportunities to mentor visitors.
• Educators Turn to Programs for Top Students to Narrow the ‘Excellence Gap’ by DANA GOLDSTEIN Jun 25, 2018
  Instead of just helping disadvantaged students to catch up with peers, educators are looking for ways to give them more chances to shine in advanced classes and selective schools.

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